leader for pushing for independence for tibet. coming up on the top of the hour. time to hand this thing over to just an energized fredricka whitfield this morning. >> that's every weekend. >> great energy today. >> we have a lot going on today. >> i have to know, the legal guys? >> 12:20 and 12:40. but start watching at noon, like now. you definitely want to hear what they have to say about the whole gps thing and other items. don't get caught in traffic. >> oh, yes. >> even on the weekend, traffic at least in the los angeles area can be a nightmare which is why the shutdown of a ten-mile span of the 405 freeway today through monday has people bracing for what is being called carmageddon. possible massive gridlock on surrounding roads and highways caused by a $1 billion construction project on the 405. let's go now to cnn's kareen wynter standing near the mulholland drive just above the 405.

you have the vest on there to make sure that everyone can see you and make sure that they know that you're not part of the construction project. but you can tell us all about it. kareen? >> reporter: yeah, i can't believe you noticed this very, very conservative vest. well, fred, i have to tell you, as someone who lives here in southern california, i take the 405 all the time. this is definitely, definitely eerie to see. no cars on the roadway. this is something that is so unprecedented, it would never, ever happen -- of course, the world isn't coming to an end. it's just a big project, a $1 billion project that wraps up hopefully if things go as scheduled monday morning. right now, what you're looking at are construction crews hard at work behind me. they're demolishing a portion of this bridge. when i say busy, this artery is busy, 500,000 cars pass through it each day. millions hit this freeway each week. it's a big deal. so far we've gotten a really interesting update i'll tell you about in a sec.

i saw cnn take the pictures live a short time ago. hopefully you turned it around for us. it was pretty cool stuff. knocking off chunks and chunks of those cement blocks at the top there, really, really hard work, a big, big project to tackle. but it seems that things are ahead of schedule. they're tearing down just a portion of that bridge. the update we have, we checked in with los angeles police as well as california transportation officials, things look really well on the roadways, the surface streets. traffic across the city is still relatively like. they don't know what the rest of the day or the weekend will bring. but if things move ahead of schedule as mentioned, the project will wrap up 5:00 monday morning in time for those commuters to hit the busy roadways here. back to you. >> kareen, 500,000 people usually traveling through the 405 on the weekend. but do people really expect that all of the other arteries are just going to be gridlock as a result of this ten-mile stretch

that's closed down or because of, i guess, the advance notice, do people feel like, i'm going to do what the public affairs announcement said, which is just stay home, stay off the road? >> reporter: absolutely. it is realistic. again, for people who live outside of our bubble. i heard it from my mom all week. you guys are really hyping this up. no, this could actually happen. people live in their cars here. this is what they take. mass transportation, sure, that's an option. but, again, the car is the way to go. and this is a busy artery that connects to two other huge arteries here in california. so we don't want to be too premature here. maybe perhaps the end of the day, tomorrow things could look very difficult. we have to be careful. we saw what the natural disaster did, that earthquake back in the 1990s -- or 1980s, we have to really be cautious here. when you take out an artery like this, anything could happen. >> kareen wynter, thanks so much. we'll check back with you throughout the day to see how

things are going. let's check out what traffic might be like in surrounding areas. let's go to cnn's sandra endo who's in ventura. how far away are you from kareen? >> reporter: not too far away. we're on the san fernando valley side at a bus stop because local officials are saying that public transportation in the affected areas of the shutdown is free today. we saw a bus pass by here. i talked to the driver briefly. he said there are more passengers on board because it's a free ride. but it is still early. and if there was a carmageddon or a carpocalypse, it would be here on ventura boulevard. the traffic is very, very light here. normally, it would be pretty busy and it is smooth sailing this morning. it seems the scare tactics are

working. a lot of people are staying home, off the streets. but keep in mind, it is early. we're seeing a couple of people coming out to walk their dogs this morning, getting some coffee. they aren't really getting in their cars yet. they're trying to check it out, see if traffic is bad. but clearly, it is not the anticipated gridlock that everyone was talking about for months. they have been preparing the public for three months telling them that this major shutdown is going to affect 500,000 drivers. so for right now, so far, so good, fredricka. but it's early. anything can change over the weekend. >> i don't know, maybe people are just using this as an excuse to say, you know what, a day, maybe two days without getting behind the wheel, period. so they're just going to chill a little bit. sandra endo, thanks so much. we'll check back with you throughout the afternoon. now to a true gridlock but of a very different kind, in washington, the debate over raising the debt ceiling. there are no face-to-face talks planned this weekend. but judging from the words today

of president obama and republican senator oren hatch, the stalemate is far from over. >> i'm willing to somp mize. compromise. i'm willing to do what it takes to solve this problem even if it's not politically popular. and i expect leaders in congress to show that same willingness to compromise. >> washington has consistently demonstrated that it cannot control its urge to spend. that is why the only long-term soluti solution is a balanced budget-approach. >> what happens if there is no debt ceiling increased by august 2nd? lisa dejardan takes a look. >> reporter: more rhetoric, more meeting, ignore it all for a minute. let's simplify. if congress doesn't raise the debt limit by august 2nd, what happens? >> starting on august 3, the federal government will be far short of the amount of cash it needs to pay all its bills.

>> reporter: jay powell oversaw the debt under the first president bush. he says if the u.s. hits the debt ceiling with no more borrowing, the u.s. will bring in maybe $172 billion in revenue in august. but it's committed to spend, oh, about $306 billion. so there would be enough money to pay just 56% of government's bills. and then -- >> the decision on who gets paid is left up to the treasury secretary geithner. he decides what gets paid and what does not. >> reporter: nearly anyone expects wall street investors would get paid first. but then it's tough. government could pay medicare, social security and unemployment benefits but there would be no money to pay the troops. or government could pay the troops but couldn't afford unemployment benefits. and in both cases, there would be no money for security or any

other federal workers. now back to wall street, what would happen to the markets? interest rates likely would rise. how much? that is in dispute. >> it seems very likely that there would be significant disruptions in the market. >> i think the equity markets and the bond markets are going to be fine. >> reporter: so you probably see what's happening there. there is some political disagreement over how big a hit the markets and the government would take. but some people argue, is it worth the risk to try and find out? we know this, fred, certainly government would immediately see a huge wall in what it could spend. it would have, again, just 50% of the revenue it needed to continue as it is now. fred? >> lisa, what's the fallback plan, if any, in case the debt ceiling is not increased? >> reporter: i wish i had better news. the truth is, fred, we don't know if there is a back-up plan if the debt ceiling is not raised. you have to imagine that treasury secretary geithner is

preparing for that. that he's starting to figure out what the priorities would be for spending. but he hasn't made that plan public if there is any single plan document. these are difficult decisions. there's no plan for exactly what they would do if the debt ceiling is not raised, at least it hasn't been made public. but there is a back-up plan that senators are trying to work to avoid this whole situation to have an increase in the debt ceiling, even if the politics don't work out. >> lisa, thanks so much. go to cnn.com and look for our debt debate cheat sheet for more information. the government shutdown in minnesota appears to be nearing an end. the democratic governor mark dayton has cut a deal with state republicans who control the legislature. it involves selling bonds rather than raising taxes to make up the budget deficit. the governor hopes to call lawmakers back into special session on monday once all the is and dotted and ts are crossed. casey anthony is about to be

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acquitted of murder, casey anthony leaves jail tomorrow, but she may still have to deal with another legal challenge. a prison inmate in south carolina wants a paternity test to determine if he's the father of her deceased daughter, caylee. in papers filed with the orange county, florida, court, chris umberger requested anthony be served before she is released from jail tomorrow. it's unknown if umberger and anthony have had any previous relationship. anthony is also likely to face personal challenges as she tries to move on with her life.

here's cnn's david mattingly. >> reporter: as one of the most watched and talked-about people in the country, public relations executives weigh in with a word of caution to casey anthony -- do not confuse infamy with fame. >> it's not fame. there's interest in you, a lot of it's negative interest. don't confuse that situation with celebrity. don't think that you have to go out and do a whole lot of things right now. as a matter of fact, it's best probably to lay low. >> reporter: if that's even possible. angry words we heard outside the orange county courthouse are tiny in comparison to the casey anthony hatred expressed online. more than 770,000 people are signed on to just one of many anti-casey pages on facebook. >> we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: acquitted in a court of law, casey anthony may need to begin fighting for her

freedom in the court of public opinion the minute she walks out of jail. >> she doesn't need to walk out of jail smiling. she doesn't need to walk out of jail with a smirk on her face. she needs to walk out of jail looking like a mother who lost her child. >> reporter: and from there, experts believe it would be time, at least temporarily, to disappear, consider the offers that come her way and decide how best to tell her story. >> we're going to have to hear from casey anthony. we're going to have to hear a first-person account. people will be interested in what she has to said. whether or not they accept it or not is a different story. >> david mattingly now joining us live from orlando. david, casey anthony being released tomorrow possibly as early as 12:01 a.m. what do we know about security arrangements for her release? >> reporter: the security is in the details that they're not releasing. we don't know where, when or how she will be departing the jail. this is a massive facility

behind me, multiple buildings, multiple ways that you can exit the property. what they have made clear is that they're going to do everything to make sure she stays safe while she is in their custody. but as soon as she's out of the parking lot, she's going to be treated like any other citizen, that the only way they're going to be able to protect her is if there is a specific threat that she reports. and they will follow up on that just like they would for anybody else. but for right now, they're not letting a lot of information out there. in fact, they're only going to let three members of the news media inside the jail. they're going to be embedded in there. they're not going to be allowed to communicate with anybody on the outside until after casey anthony has departed. but they'll be allowed to record and witness the event of her actually leaving the jail here. so it's possible we will all find out after the fact that casey anthony has left the jail and is, in fact, a free woman. >> david mattingly, thanks so much, from orlando. at 2:00 eastern today, a

forensic psychologist weighs in on casey anthony's future and tells us what her body language, casey anthony's body language, might be saying. that that you saw during the trial and possibly upon her release. anthony is also facing a defamation challenge in court. we'll be back with our legal giese ready to tackle all that next for casey anthony. you know when something's bad -- but you do it anyway? that's me with the blow dryer and the flat iron until i see smoke. so pantene said, "breakage and split ends? no problem." they gave me this pantene called breakage to strength.

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a major misstep by federal prosecutors spells mistrial for

baseball great roger clemens. the trial ended during the second day of testimony after the prosecution showed jurors evidence the judge had ruled inadmissible until later in the trial. clemens was charged with lying to congress when he testified that he never used performance-enhancing drugs during his career. a hearing on whether to retry the case is set for september. and the month after that, we could see former senator and democratic presidential candidate john edwards in court. he has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and campaign law violations. the charges have to do with money used to support edwards' mistress and whether it should have been considered campaign donations. if convicted, edwards could face up to 30 years in prison. casey anthony is only hours away from getting out of jail. but then what? let's bring in our legal guys, avery friedman, civil rights attorney and law professor in cleveland. and richard herman, criminal defense attorney and law professor joining us from las

vegas. hello to both of you. richard, we heard david mattingly talking about all the precautions being taken to make sure this is a clean sense of freedom for casey anthony as she will be released somewhere after midnight sunday. and there will be photographers that are kind of embedded. we'll get a chance to see her leaving and maybe getting into a vehicle. is this normal or is this what is to be expected when you have a high-profile case like this? protecting this departure? >> well, fred, they have an obligation to protect her if there are credible threats against her. and apparently they've agreed that there have been credible threats. so they're going to try to whisk her away in the wee hours of the morning. in fact, she may even go sometime this evening or she may be gone already. we don't know. like david said, where, when and how, just like in the trial when they didn't know how she was murdered, this is the situation

on her release today. i do not believe they're going to get a live reporting of her leaving. you're not going to see her getting in the car and taking off. it's going to be after the fact. it's going to be over and out with a substantial lapse of time when these reports will come forward. and she's going to have to try to rebuild her life somewhere, somehow out of the public eye because she's in danger right now. >> that's in large part so that people won't be able to follow her, so that anyone in the general public won't know exactly where home will be for her after this. >> exactly. her life is at stake. people are really -- this case has drawn up so much interest and emotion that she's in trouble. >> i wonder to what extent will protections be made? we heard david mattingly say the state is not obligated to protect her once she leaves the confines of the jail, even though there are these reported threats against her. she will be to pick up the phone and say, someone is threatening

me at this moment right now before they impose any other protections for her? >> avery will agree with me. absolutely. if she's getting threatened or she has people outside her house harassing her or she's being stalked by anybody, she's going to call for protection against and ask the very people that she told hundreds of lies to to now step up and protect her life. and they're going to have to do it. that's the dichotomy. >> let's move on a little bit from these other cases. we know that she was convicted on lying to police. she and her attorneys are saying, we're trying to appeal those convictions. on what grounds? >> well, what they're saying, fred, is this -- she was charged -- she was convicted on four different counts of perjury. and the defense is claiming on appeal, listen, this was really only one count of perjury. we lied, she lied concerning the whereabouts of her child and that was it. you can't charge her four separate times.

she told 100 lies. you couldn't charge her 100 different times for all these lies to law enforcement. basically what they're saying is, we want it reduced down to one count, one conviction. look, baez stood up in his opening and said, she lied, she lied. they're not going anywhere with that aspect of it. she lied. the question is, was it right to have four different convictions or should it have been one? a panel of judges in orlando area are going to make this decision with all the press, with all the publicity, i don't think it's going anywhere. the judge ruled on it. i think his ruling was sound. i don't think it's going anywhere. but it's going to prevent the deposition right now in the civil case and allow her to take the fifth in october if the appeal is still pending. that was really, i think, the ultimate purpose behind it. >> and there are others who want payback. we saw avery at the top, you're not hearing him because we were having audio problems. but we have him now.

what's next in terms of people who say they want a little bit of payback from casey anthony's release? the woman known as zani the nanny to this equusearch, this group in texas who says, we want our money back for what was exhausted in the search for caylee. do either one of these cases have legs? >> we talked about zani the nanny. i like it, richard doesn't like the case. but the equusearch case is fascinating because it sounds lightning there's a basis for a case. when you study the nine-page complaint, you learn, fredricka, that it was cindy anthony who engaged equusearch, not casey. but cindy and george are not parties to the case. at the end of the day, fredricka, that case has to be dismissed because there is no connection between casey anthony. they're arguing that she remain

silent and therefore she acquiesced to an implied contract. case is going nowhere. >> let's talk about the krconra murray case. lawyers for both sides are saying they want raw footage from michael jackson's documentary "this is it." what, avery, do these attorneys intend to do with this material? both sides? >> i'm mystified. if i'm prosecuting the case, sure, let's take the outtakes, let's take the raw footage and show that michael jackson was perfectly healthy. i can't imagine how this is going to be helpful to the defense because all it's going to show is a very active, very healthy, very strong michael jackson. defense says they have some information. it's important stuff. that's their language. but i'm mystified what it could possibly be. >> yeah, richard, he looks

incredibly fit in "this is it." much of that tape comes from just days before his death. >> yeah. well, fred, this man is 6'1", i think he was weighing about 165 pounds even in these pictures here. i don't know how fit he is. >> he's moving freely, he's thinking clearly as he communicates with the other dancers and band members. that's my non-medical point of view. >> i understand. we'll see what the footage reveals. but in addition to this -- and this is going to take a long time. there's 21 boxes. they only went through one box. but in addition, the prosecution keeps adding expert witnesses to the case, doctors. that's a sign of desperation, fred. they've had so much time to prepare their case and they keep changing and changing. i'm telling you, there are problems with the prosecution case here. a lot of pressure on these prosecutors. they don't want to lose this one. i believe that there's a little desperation in the state's case.

that's why these delays are taking place. >> avery, hold the phone. we'll get back with you in a moment and talk about the case of whether you suspect your spouse of cheating, can you hire a private "i" to track that cheating spouse? we'll talk about the gps. >> i saw t.j. was a little nervous about that. >> he's watching right now. >> he just wants to site, that's all. >> very good. we'll talk about that in a moment. we'll also talked about carmageddon. be glad you're not in los angeles right now for the sake of what some folks are very fearful of, the possible gridlock. we'll be right back. ♪ [ whistles ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ ting! ] [ male announcer ] travelers can help you protect the things you care about and save money with multi-policy discounts. are you getting the coverage you need and the discounts you deserve?

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really freaky scene because living in southern california, this services 500,000 drivers and it is completely empty. considering all the pain and heartache this freeway has caused so many people and all the traffic jams, it's an unbelievable sight. for months, local officials have been preparing the public to get ready for this shutdown. the scare tactics seem to be working. let's take a live look at ventura boulevard, as you mentioned, a main street here in san fernando valley. if there was a carmageddon, if there was carpocalypse, if there was major gridlock, you'd see it right there on ventura boulevard. but right now, so far, so good. smooth sailing for a lot of the cars traveling this morning. but it is early. we stopped a bus driver earlier because there are free buses and trains for the people affected because of this closure and the bus driver says, well, everyone wants a free ride. he's seeing more ridership this morning because the rides are

free. seems like a lot of the people are taking heat of the warning, leaving their cars at home. if they do get need to get around, getting on the buses. some people we've seen on bikes. other people walking to get their cup of coffee. that's pretty rare here in los angeles. but clearly, the day is young. caltrans officials say despite everything going smoothly so far, they are anticipating more traffic later in the day. >> maybe people will just kind of enjoy the peace. they'll be inspired by that peaceful scene that you're showing us there of the 405 and everything around it and just stay home and take a chill pill today. sandra endo, thanks so much. we'll check back with you. not necessarily frustrated with the traffic but this is what not to do when your car won't start. pull out a gun and then shoot it? that actually happened. our legal guys are going to tell you about why it's now a case. can i have some ice cream, please ?

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drew peterson wants the lifetime network to pull the movie about him. rob lowe is playing drew peterson. his lawyers have filed a cease

and desist letter with lifetime. lifetime network officials told cnn that they had no comment. peterson is in jail awaiting trial. reality tv star cody brown and the sister wives are suing for invasion of privacy. really? our legal guys are back. i mean, you know, reality tv, where's your privacy when you put it all out there? richard herman and avery friedman will back with us. avery, what gives? what part of privacy are they looking for that they, i guess, have been missing? >> none. here's the theory, though. here's the theory. the theory is that there was an -- there was a sodomy case decided by the supreme court involving a gay couple. and the supreme court invalidated the criminal sodomy laws of texas. so the theory here -- it's really pie in the sky. i teach this stuff so i get it. but what they're arguing is,

well, in utah which has worked hard to ban polygamy, they're saying there's a public policy, the state is, to ban multi-member marriages. the cody brown and his people are saying, no, no, no, we have a right of privacy based on that anti-sodomy case. ultimately, the united states district judge is going to take a good look at it and throw it out. it's going nowhere. nowhere. >> richard, i don't know, are you giving up some of those rights maybe voluntarily when you sign up for reality tv and you've got cameras everywhere, which you're going to show and publicize everything in the first place? >> is reality tv really reality? i don't know. all this stuff seems staged to me. >> good point. >> the issue, fred, is intimate behavior between consenting adults behind closed doors, are we going to prosecute that? avery brought up the texas case in '03, supreme court case. don't mess with texas. they did.

and here, this is what they're saying. i don't know -- i don't think it's going anywhere. they do a civil ceremony with one wife. then they marry three or four wives in a religious ceremony and live in a marriage-type scenario like that, it's -- in utah, they don't really prosecute polygamist marriages in utah. they huff and puff about it. but they don't prosecute it. but with the gay marriage bill being passed, they're hoping polygamy will be the next major issue to be tackled by the supreme court in the united states -- >> never happen. >> may be. >> interesting. let's move on to the gps and the alleged cheating spouse, et cetera. >> love this case. >> you've got a husband who apparently is suing a private investigator who tracked him down using a gps at the request of his now ex-wife. and so, avery, this man is saying, wait a minute, i'm ready

to sue because, where is my privacy? >> well, he did. actually he did sue. the case was thrown out and went in front of a three-judge panel. and this past week, the three judges had to answer the question, do you have a right to privacy when you're -- at the time it was his wife -- snuck a gps in the glove compartment and caught him? and the three-judge panel had to answer this question -- do you have a right to privacy driving on public streets? and in order to get to the secluded place to meet your mar paramor or something like that. and the three judges said because you're on public streets to get to the secluded place, there's no expectation of privacy. there is no privacy, case dismissed. >> was there a big "but" there? if a device were in your vehicle

and you were on a public roadway, are the rules any different? >> based on that rationale, fred, no. the distinction here was that the ex-wife is the one who placed the tracking device. it wasn't placed by the private investigator. it was placed by the wife herself. this is sort of the linchpin of the case. but in any event, the panel did not disclose whether or not there was a right of expectation of privacy between married spouses. that's really the area they should have gone into and they did not. but i guess the spouse was so frustrated trying to find information, she coulden. so as soon as they put that tracking device on, within two weeks, they disclosed, they found it and they buried him with it. larger issue, can insurance companies do it on insurance fraud cases? is law enforcement going to be able to do it now without a warrant? these are some of the larger issues involved -- >> different issue. >> i understand that. but the distinction is the wife

who was the one who placed it on her husband's vehicle. that's the reason it went the way it did. >> and the husband and wife actually settled their matter in divorce court. the only one left was the private investigator, three-judge panel said, no, going nowhere. >> that was new jersey. let's drive west now and let's find our way in arizona. kingman, arizona, in particular. there's this one man. he's so upset with his camaro, it wouldn't run. you go to crank up your car and it doesn't start. but does everyone grab a gun and start shooting at the vehicle, firing bullets into the windshield, the body -- but there's more. he goes home and the s.w.a.t. team surrounds his house for many hours. this seems a little bit extreme. but if a neighbor hears all the gunshots being fired, they're going to call. what's his defense? >> everyone can relate. you said it.

maybe this guy has a tribable case and should try it. you cannot discharge a firearm within the city limits without justification. >> everyone can relate to feeling frustrated. i don't know if everyone can relate to unloading on the vehicle. >> the car's going to make it. i just got news, the car's doing fine. >> i think this guy sh is this yosemite sam? he gets mad at the car, pulls a gun, shoots out the windshield. then he blows out the dashboard. the strangest thing, he's loaded, goes to bed. the s.w.a.t. team tries seven hours, fredricka, to get him out, on the bullhorn for seven hours saying, reach for the sky or -- i don't know what they were saying. he finally comes out and they say, we're going to get you for -- they don't know what to charge him with.

the judge put him in jail or three months and three years' probation. just goes to show, don't engage in, what, vehicle-cide or whatever it was. >> felony conviction. >> that's a big price to pay over a car. >> absolutely. stay away from '99 camaros. >> we figured you'd get a big bang out of this one. >> oh, fred! >> always love you guys. >> good one. >> y'all have a great one. bye-bye. well, this is a shocker, if not to everybody else, it was to me. after seven years of marriage, j-lo and marc anthony calling it quits. you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ]

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involved or who have already admitted to taking part. it reads, resign or be fired. and some entertainment news now, entertainer jennifer lopez and singer marc anthony in happier times right there. well, not anymore apparently. after seven years of marriage, the two have decided to divorce. they call it amicable. but a very difficult decision. ♪ good morning, "atlantis." this is beyonce. sandy, chris, doug and rex, you inspire all of us to dare to live our dreams. >> i'd say that was a great wake-up call. beyonce waking up the international space station crew with her song "run the world." she also sent a message saying, quote, you inspire all of us to dare to live our dreams. she said it better. but i thought i'd reiterate

that. reynolds wolf, that was fun, huh? you're not digging that -- >> no, she says everything better. >> kexcuse me. >> doesn't matter. it's like butter -- >> i say the name and people are like, huh, what, what did you say? >> story of my life anyway. beyonce is from houston and in houston this morning, you've had your share of rainfall. scattered showers, a few thunderstorms have been popping up. a few of these have been fairly strong. but in terms of any flash flooding, it is a possibility in places where you have poor drainage. some flash flooding along the i-10 corridor in louisiana and some along the alabama coastline as well. expect that to continue throughout the day. something else that's going to continue is a big story we've been talking about, the extreme heat in the upper midwest. it's been relentless. we're expecting highs into the 90s. 92 in kansas city.

100 in dallas and 93 in minneapolis. didn't sound like it was too intense, 93 degrees. but when you bring in the high humidity, it's going to feel much warmer than that. going to feel like it's well beyond 100 degrees. tomorrow, more of the same deal. minneapolis tomorrow, 111 degrees, that's what it's going to feel like. 108 in kansas city, above is century mark in oklahoma city, back into dallas. fast-forwarding to monday, same story. still sweltering conditions, 116 in minneapolis, 100 in memphis, 94 in atlanta. atlanta returning to the 100s as we get into tuesday. 112, minneapolis, 103 in kansas city. rough, rough times in terms of the hot weather. again, freshga, it's one of those times where people really have to be careful. don't want to be out there in the peak hours of the day. >> you have to hydrate. >> absolutely. >> it's amazing how much you sweat. you don't realize how much you're dehydrating in all that heat. take it from me. reynolds, thanks so much.

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extension of the illegal crops can only be seen from the air, stretching as far as the eye can see. field after field after marijuana grown between tomato stalks in an apparent effort to hide the illegal crops from authorities. the mexican army says this is the biggest marijuana plantation ever found in the country. >> translator: once this finding is processed and recorded by authorities, the field will be destroyed by the method of incineration. >> reporter: the illegal field was found in mexico's baja peninsula, 450 kilometers or about 280 miles south of tijuana. it spans about 300 acres. mexican officials say it's 168 times larger than the soccer field in mexico city's as techa stadium. >> reporter: it's important to find out with this finding we have stopped the harvest of 120 metric tons of marijuana that

would have produced 60 million doses. this considerably affects the financial structure of drug traffickers in organized crime. >> reporter: the mexican army detained six people as part of the operation. 250 mexican soldiers will be deployed to the plantation with the mission of destroying the illegal plants in the next few days. the drug would have had a street value of up to $160 million, according to mexico's department of defense. a report issued by the u.n. says that mexico is the world's largest producer of marijuana, closely followed by the united states. officials say the find is a decisive blow to organized crime. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. they're calling it carmageddon. the potential nightmare traffic gridlock caused by this on the right a partial shutdown of a vital freeway in los angeles because of construction there. is that carmageddon actually happening? is it gridlock? find out next.

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chasing demonstrators, in some cases punching and kicking them, say a lot of witnesses on the ground. an official said police were simply trying to separate two groups. government supporters and those calling for reform. protesters and journalists say police attacked them. and a very public apology from rupert murdock, the head of news corp., has taken out full-page ads in seven british papers. he says he's sorry about the phone hacking scandal that has engulfed his media empire. and so far, no new talks are scheduled between president obama and congressional leaders this weekend over raising the debt ceiling. the president wants to consider both tax hikes on the wealthy and spending cuts on popular entitlement programs. but republicans insist tax hikes are off the table. unless a deal is reached, the u.s. could default on its loans 16 days from now.